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Kevin, on the classic dike traverse, Pitch 2 or 3
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The joy of reaching the first chicken head on p2. Emily still hasn't clipped b1 yet.
Ryan on the first pitch.
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bsmoot
Nov 30, 2014
“Kevin, on the classic dike traverse, Pitch 2 or 3”  

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Top of the Dorsal Fin on a fine winter day in the mid 1970's. Probably Jim Knight in the painter pants. Kim Miller in the bell bottom cords giving a hip belay - tied to a bush.
Pitch 2
Dave Bowling snags the famous chicken head at the end of the crux on the first pitch of Dorsal Fin. (Note: the telephoto compresses the distance between the last bolt and the anchor- it's a couple of body lengths to get the belay!)
Chris White heading out the exposed 3rd pitch
Rick Barrett on lead, P3
The joy of reaching the first chicken head on p2. Emily still hasn't clipped b1 yet.
Kevin, on the classic dike traverse, Pitch 2 or 3
Ryan on the first pitch.
The final "standing on nothing" moves getting to the p1 anchors.
Carson Ambrose, grateful for this hold. Top of P1.
Ryan at the crux of pitch 2, Kevin is at the belay atop pitch 1. This is the original belay in the corner. Most climbers keep going here and combine the two pitches.
p3 anchor and start of the raps. The large pine tree in the center of the frame is a good landmark. It is at roughly the same height as the anchor and immediately across the rap gully.